3200-2350 B.C.E. - Sumer states dominated public affairs. The ruling class needed to mantain order and ensure cooperation. So, city-states were created.
Kings -3000 B.C.E.- Kings most often ruled with local nobles.
Hammurabi ruled from Babylon and stationed deputies in regions they controlled.
Sargon placed cities under his own governors and administrators.
Empires
After 2359 B.C.E. Mesopotamians began to build powerful regional empires.
Sargon of Akkad created the empire of Mesopotamia. This collapsed at around 2000 B.C.E.
1792-1750 B.C.E.- The Babylonian empire was created with Hammurabi as the ruler. The Babylonian Empire collapsed at around 1600 B.C.E. because of Hittite assaults.
19th century B.C.E.- Assyrians took over. Empire fell in 612 B.C.E.
Nations and nationalism
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Revolts and revolutions
2800 B.C.E.- City-states created conflicts within each other. These conflicts soon escalated into wars. Soon following, the ambitious kings decided to punish the rebellious nobles.
During Sargon's rule, there was chronic rebellion in the city-states that resented imperial rule.
The Assyrians had a far flung empire that was hard to control. This large empire meant that there were many rebellions. The ruling class had to find a way to administer efficiently.
Regional, transregional, and global structures and organizations
3200 B.C.E.-2350 B.C.E.- The government authorities started public projects like palaces temples and defensive walls.
Government also ensured equal distribution of water to all people.
City states were developed to oversee not only what was inside the city walls, but what was around them too. For example agricultural production and livestock raising.
State-building, expansion and conflict
Civilization: Mesopotamia
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